DIALOG DOEVENTS

Description

Process pending window or dialog messages for MODELESS dialogs.

If there are no pending messages, DIALOG DOEVENTS pauses execution of the current thread for msSleep milliseconds time.

Syntax

DIALOG DOEVENTS [msSleep] [TO Counter]

Returns

None

Parameters

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

msSleep

Number

Number of milliseconds current thread will be paused.

If not specified, 1 millisecond will be assumed.

Counter

Variable

Yes

A numeric variable that will receive the number of active dialogs

Remarks

DIALOG DOEVENTS is usually used to create a "message pump" for modeless dialogs.

If the optional TO clause is included, the number of active dialogs is returned in the Counter variable, once all of the pending messages have been processed.

Restrictions

The DIALOG DOEVENTS loop must run for the duration of the modeless dialog(s), or they will not respond correctly.

See also

Examples

'----------------------------------------------------

'---Single modeless dialog message pump example.

'---(Assume dialog already created with DIALOG NEW ...)

'----------------------------------------------------

DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hDlg Call DlgCallback

DIALOG DOEVENTS 0 To Count&

Loop While Count&

' Application code continues here...

'----------------------------------------------------

'---Multiple modeless dialog message pump example.

'---In some applications, the number of modeless dialogs can vary,

'---we want to break the message loop when the 'main' dialog is closed.

'---(Assume dialogs already created with DIALOG NEW ...)

DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hMainDlg Call DlgCallback

DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hChildDlg1

DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hChildDlg2

...

DIALOG DOEVENTS

DIALOG Get SIZE hMainDlg To x, x

Loop While x '---When x = 0, dialog has ended

' Application code continues here...

'----------------------------------------------------